Happy Home Opener…

So much going on, it’s going to be a great one here today. But, there’s probably too much going on to write much so here’s the lineup…hope you’re coming out here today or at least watching on PRIME TICKET or MLB.com.

Furcal, SS

Hudson, 2B

Manny, LF

Loney, 1B

Martin, C

Ethier, RF

Kemp, CF

Blake, 3B

Billingsley, P

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Juan Castro – good grief. DeWitt may need ABs, but that move severely weakens our bench to two slap hitters, a can’t use catcher, Monkeywhiskers and Loretta. Haven’t heard officially, but if its DY that get’s the boot (who happened to be out #1 PH last year), good for him. Maybe now he’ll get a real chance with some other club that’ll appreciate him.

I’m still pissed that Kemp had to sit yesterday to accommodate or shop Pierre – and it better be the latter!!!

Juan Castro stinks and to dump DY just to make room on the 40 for Castro is a joke. Our best PH last season dumped for someone who can’t hit to save his life – and I don’t believe Castro’s spring numbers will translate unless he’s on HGH now.

Crash – I don’t want him to start a home game at all. I am going to the game on Thursday, and really don’t want to see his sorry *** in the outfield. I will be so pissed if he is playing. They all have tomorrow off so there shouldn’t be any reason for it, but Joe never needs a reason, does he?

To beat Randy Johnson will be great. I am hoping for Manny to get his first HR today, and another, and another all over these ants. I understand why there is JP bashing going on, but really it could be worse, he plays a decent game, helps with the bat and carries his attitude as positive, although he got placed in a situation he has no control over. He wants to play. Lets go Dodgers. Start this homestand up right.

Koufax ~ welcome to ITD. I do have to disagree with you on your assessment of Juan. He is a lousy OF, as Crash says, and as far as I can see, not much of a team player. He complains way too much about not getting playing time, instead of knowing that the players out there on the field have the best chance of winning.

I wasn’t far of im my assessment yesterday – JP may have cost them 1 run in the OF because of his weak arm. Only reason it wasn’t the two I predicted was because Wolf had the good sense to throw a two-hitter.

interesting entry on tony jackson’s blog.. i’ll paste it here for those of you who don’t want to go to his blog to read it:

My colleague Jill Painter got some one-on-one time with Frank this morning. Among other things, she asked him about Ned’s contract status and whether there is an extension in the offing. Ned is in the final season of a four-year deal, but there is a mutual option for next year. Anyway, Frank had little to say on the matter, but depending on how you interpret this, he MIGHT be saying Ned’s job depends on the team winning the division in 2009. In all honesty, that probably ISN’T what he is saying, but I could definitely see how these comments might be read that way. It is woth nothing that the Dodgers have made the playoffs in two of Colletti’s first three seasons and last year won a playoff series for the first time in 20 years.

Anyway, this is what Frank told Jill:

“Those are conversations I’ll have with Ned. Those are going to be private conversations. What I can say is that Ned’s doing a fabulous job, and we’re going to set out this year to win that division title again. That’s what we need to do, and try to win a world championship. That’s the promise we’ve made to our fans. The first step is winning
the division title again, which would be the first time, I believe, in 31 years that the Dodgers have won back-to-back division titles.
We’re definitely on the right track, and I give Ned a large amount of
credit for that.”

(When does he want to decide on Ned’s contract?)
“Those are private matters. I’ve learned in my five years of doing this that there are certain types of conversations you talk about and other topics that you really need to stay as a private conversation. Otherwise, it’s a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t. I just don’t want it to get to that. Those conversations will be private. People
will know when it’s relevant. We’ll communicate that.”

aww rally over.. but andre had a battle before getting out.. interesting that two of the outs in the inning were long at-bats.. russell led off the inning with a 10 pitch at-bat before striking out.. and then andre ended it with a 9 pitch at-bat..

DY is another classic example of Dodger mismanagement of promising young talent. Although he clearly deserved a chance to play everyday, he was never given that opportunity due to inept management decisions. I wish him well. He deserves to go where he is appreciated. And, as has been a pattern under Ned’s reign, the Dodgers will once again not get equal value back for the young talent they give away. When is somebody in management going to be held accountable for the myriad of poor decisions that have been made??

With Loney’s hit every starter got a hit today, even Billz. Congrats to the O-Dog for the cycle, awesome first game at Dodger stadium as one of the good guys. This is what our offense was made to do, everyone is contributing all over the place and Chad is pitching a gem. GO DODGERS!!

btw, i’m pretty sure Matty Kemp has a base hit in every game so far this season.. even though Joe tried to kill his hitting streak by sitting him for Pierre yesterday.. Matt came in late in the game and kept the streak going.. another fun thing to keep an eye on 🙂

I guess maybe the key is for me NOT to watch the games. FABULOUS GAME DODGERS!!!! I will watch the replay when it gets archived, but I heard O-Dog hit for cycle and my guy, Andre, had two homeruns on the day – just fabulous!!!!!

Opening day at the stadium was outstanding. from the ceremonies, I thought the players coming through the stands was cool! The game was awesome! Witnessing O-dawg’s cycle was great, but to me seeing how well Billingsley threw and how well Ethier is swinging the bat was most impressive.

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